Thought Vibrations - 3 -- Practical Spirituiality - 41

Our world, our life, is one of relationships. We have different relationships with different people – our parents, our siblings, our spouse, our children, our friends, our social acquaintances and our work and career colleagues. We even have relationships with our pets and our gardens and with the Universe. That these relationships bring forth depends almost entirely on the individual.

It is a startling fact that less than ten per cent of our communication is verbal. Less than ten percent! The remainder of our communication is all energy emanating from our thoughts picked up by others, sometimes consciously, sometimes unconsciously. “I can’t quite explain it, but I just know that individual A is a very sincere person!” is something we often feel and say to ourselves. Individual A has not made a public announcement that he/she is a sincere person, yet we just know it. How do we know it? Through the interaction of energies or vibrations exchanged :-)

Hostility, grudges and grievances which are held in our mind, whilst they do harm to others within 25 feet distance of us, cause us much more damage.

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The other person can walk away and we are left with damage to our soul growth, damage to our relationships, damage to our health, and, listen to this: damage to our avenues of career and whatever achievement we may be striving for, whether it be achievement as a business person or achievement as a yogi.

If we give it some serious thought, we do come to the conclusion that it is really not worth carrying hostility and grudges against others. These emotions of ours do not causet any positive change in the other person; on the contrary, it creates a new karmic cycle which is truly not desirable.

So, how do we change this? The first step is simply being aware of it, acknowledging our own responsibility of our reactions to people and incidents. That is the most difficult step, because we all find it so easy and convenient to blame another.

Of course, we are all human. Of course we all have emotions. And of course we all feel hurt at times. The ego of the persona just loves this state of affairs :-)

Being human and having emotions carries with it a responsibility towards our own selves and others, even those who may have knowingly or unknowingly hurt our feelings. A simple act of kindness towards that person can easily and immediately bring us out of what can otherwise be a negative karmic cycle.

A simple way to get over our hurt – no matter who the other person be, sibling, friend, spouse, family member or a complete stranger like a person at the sales counter in a store – is to immediately do something kind for that person. That act of kindness really has to come from the lovingness of our heart. The act alone does not carry the strength of vibrations which our thoughts and emotions do :-)

Perhaps the following quotation may help us remember something important :

“There is so much good in the worst of us,

And so much bad in the best of us

That it ill behoves any of us

To find fault with the rest of us.”

(James Adams.)

If we look at hostility and anger, we find that these are born of fear. This has been mentioned in an earlier blog. Fear really has no agenda of its own; coming as it does from invalid root beliefs, as for example in today’s world, losing control, not being validated by another, etc.

Relationships are really the most important things for all of us striving for soul-growth, because it is through relationships that we can achieve a higher awareness, an expanded consciousness.

Simple acts of genuine kindness – done with love – without any thought of expecting the other person to be grateful, can cause big changes for the better in all relationships. It would be wise if we always remember that it is not the mere act, but the thought vibration that translates into the act that is of vital importance; to ourselves and to the Divine.

In difficult moments in any relationship, if we stop for a brief moment and ask ourselves, “How would I want God to be towards me in this situation?” we will know how to respond with loving kindness and harmony towards the other person.

One small change in our thought vibrations will lead to another, and another, and before we know it, we will be putting out beautiful music that fits in gloriously with the symphony of the Universe.

Being part of the symphony of the Universe is also part of Practical Spirituality :-)